Sandy Hook Lighthouse
by Ben Prepelka
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Sandy Hook Lighthouse
Artist
Ben Prepelka
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Overlooking the approach to New York Harbor, Fort Hancock played an important role in the defense of the New York City area. Here, on this seven mile stretch of beach you'll find America's oldest originally constructed lighthouse. First called the New York Lighthouse, the Sandy Hook Light Station warned mariners of a series of treacherous shoals around the peninsula as they navigated toward the entrance of New York Harbor. Built in 1764 before the Revolutionary War, the rubble stone lighthouse tower was seven feet thick at the base and rose 88 feet above the water. The copper topped lantern room was later refitted with a third order Fresnel lens. The octagonal lighthouse and grounds are open daily, with volunteers from the New Jersey Lighthouse Society giving tours of the keeper's quarters and lighthouse tower
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January 16th, 2017
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